Wesley Vale Uniting Church Old Cemetery
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Wesley Vale Uniting Church Old Cemetery

Wesley Vale, Latrobe Council, Tasmania, Australia

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  • Get directions 604 Port Sorell Road
    Wesley Vale, Latrobe Council, Tasmania 7307 Australia
    Coordinates: -41.19066, 146.45631
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"The present church was first opened in 1888, replacing an earlier Wesleyan Methodist church built in 1865. The cost for that building was £290. The earliest recorded burial is 1870, so the cemetery was in existence before the present church was built. The last recorded burial was in 1987 in an existing grave. The cemetery is now closed.

"The (old) cemetery (in the churchyard) had unfortunately been neglected in the distant past and was so overgrown that, in the early 1990's, a rotary hoe was used to clean up the area around the graves. Many graves that did not have any structure around them fell victim to the rotary hoe!

The township of Wesley Vale is about half way between Devonport and Port Sorell, on the Port Sorell road. There is just one general store at Wesley Vale, and the church is located right opposite this shop with the cemetery in its grounds.



"The present church was first opened in 1888, replacing an earlier Wesleyan Methodist church built in 1865. The cost for that building was £290. The earliest recorded burial is 1870, so the cemetery was in existence before the present church was built. The last recorded burial was in 1987 in an existing grave. The cemetery is now closed.

"The (old) cemetery (in the churchyard) had unfortunately been neglected in the distant past and was so overgrown that, in the early 1990's, a rotary hoe was used to clean up the area around the graves. Many graves that did not have any structure around them fell victim to the rotary hoe!

The township of Wesley Vale is about half way between Devonport and Port Sorell, on the Port Sorell road. There is just one general store at Wesley Vale, and the church is located right opposite this shop with the cemetery in its grounds.



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